Gage for boring holes for spindles in toy carriages



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P. w. PORTER. GAGE FOR BORING HOLES FOR SIEINDL ES INTOY UARRIAGES.

No. 245,861. Patented-Aug. 16,1881.

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F. W. PORTER.

GAGE FOR BORING HOLES FOR SPINDLES IN TOY GARRIAGES.

No. 245,861. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

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FREDERICK W. PORTER, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

GAGE FOR BORING HOLES FOR SPINDLES IN TOY CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,861, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed May 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FREDERICK W. PORTER, of Springfield, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Device for M anufacturin g Spindle Oarriage-Bodies and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, makinga part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in devices for constructing carriage-bodies.

Theinvention consists in a series of notched holders, in combination with rests, stops, and guides, whereby the holes in the several parts of the body for the reception of the spindles may be bored at given angles, and the several parts be held in position and the spindles guided to their respective places in the several sections of the frame of the body.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the rests, notched plates, 850., for boring the floor for my spindle-body; Fig. 2, a cross-section of same in the line as (r, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a perspective view of rest or device for boring the two end holes of each rail; Fig. 4, similar view of rest, plates, &c., for boring the holes in rails, except end holes; Fig. 5, perspective view of rest, holder, &c., for boring the head-board and dasher; Fig. 6, a cross-section of same in line y y, Fig. 5; Fig. 7 perspective view of former, on which the body is put together and Fig. 8, view of completed body.

Similarletters of reference in dicatelike parts in the several figures.

This invention concerns more particularly the construction of spindle-bodies for toy or childrens carriages, whereby they may be quickly and cheaply made and at the same time present a symmetrical appearance, each of the spindles having its proper angle and proportion, and being properly united to the other portions of the frame of the body.

In the spindle-bodies of this kind, and to which my invention especially relates, the spindles not only flare outward from the sides and ends of the base or floor of the body, but they also radiate or incline toward the ends of the same. To insert the spindlesin this way, and yet have them all at their proper angles, it is necessary that the holes for their reception should be bored at exactly the angles itis desired the spindles should assume when in place in the frame-work of the body. To do this I construct first a holder, A. consisting substantially of a vertical back, 13, and base 0, of wood or any other suitable material.

To the back B are firmly secured plates 1), having a series of notches or stops, E E, formed in theirinner inclined edges, a. These notches are made at given distances between each other and at given angles.

To ,the base 0, and midway between the plates D, is fixed vertically or at right angles to tlte base a rest, F, with its upper edge, I), sloping downward from the back B.

When the floor G of the carriage-body is placed with one of its corners resting in one of the notches E, and supported near its other end bythe rest F, the floor will assuniea given angle, one ofits ends being higher than the other, and its surface also inclines from the vertical back B, as shown in Fig. 2, so that when a vertical drill, a, is brought in contact with the inclined surface of the floor the holes that are bored will necessarily have a direction that is not only flaring outward from the edge of the floor, but also one that radiates toward the end of the floor. When these holes are bored along one side to a point, as at d, which is midway from each end of the floor, the holes which have been bored up to this point will incline in one direction toward one end of the floor G; but as soon as one hole is bored the end of the floor G is inserted into the next succeeding higher notch E, and so on through the series of notches, there being one notch E for each hole. This change of notches not only enables the desired angles to be bored with certainty, but it also determines the distance that shall exist between each of the holes. The holes having been boredon one side up to this point 01, the floor G is next inclined with one of its corners restingin oneot' the notches E on the opposite side of the central rest, F. when the boring proceeds from said central point, (I, to the other end of the floor. At the point (I the hole is bored with an outward flare, but not radiating, as shown in Fig. 7. This completes the boring of the holes on one side of the floor, and it will be seen that the holes so bored not only flare outward from the edge of the floor, but the holes on one side of this central hole, at d, radiate or incline toward one end of the floor, an d the holes on the other side of this central point, d,inclinetoward the other end of the floor. One side of the floor G being in this way bored, the other side of the fioor is bored in precisely a similar mannerthat is, by changing its position from one side to the other of the central rest, F, before named. The ends 0 of the fioor have the holes bored in them also in a similar waythat is, one-half of the holes are bored up to a central point,f, when the board is inclined on one side of the rest F, and the holes continued on the other side of the pointfwhen the floor is inclined on the other side of said rest.

To bore the holes in the rails K of my body these rails are placed on a vertical rest, H, which rest, like the rest F, is supported on a suitable base, and has fastened to it, on the lower part of its front face, an angular plate, I, with notches J J formed on either side of the central support, L. The first holes that are bored in these rails are the holes z t at the ends thereof. In boring these end holes one end, h, of the rail is inserted in thenotch J at the extreme left of the central support, L, the other part of the rail being supported on ,this central rest. The vertical bit 0 is now brought down to the rail, and the first hole, 15, is bored entirely through the rail from one side to the other. This first holebeing in this waybored, a pin, g, is insertedinthehole from the upperside ofthe railor sideinto which the bit first entered. The

end of the railwith the pin in it is now inserted V in the notch Joftheplate I, (see Fig. 3,) which notch, it will be observed, is on the right of the central support, L, and the boring of the second hole, at the opposite end of therail is proceeded with. These two holes being bored entirely through the rail, it is necessary to protect the central rest or support, L, from the action of the bit as it passes through the rail, and for that purpose a shield, h (see Fig. 4,) is placed over the support L as the boring proceeds. Now, it will be observed that since the boring in one end of the rail is accomplished while the rail is on one side of the notched plate I, and the end hole in the other extrem; ity is bored with the rail on the other or opposite side or incline of this notched plate, it is obvious that the holes 2' i will flare in opposite directions. These end holes are bored with a bit slightly larger than is used to bore the other or succeeding holes in the rail, so that the spindles at the ends may pass freely through them. These succeeding holes are bored but partially into the rail K, and in borin g them a vertical rest, H is provided, with a plate, 1 and a series of notches, K and K in it, and one end of the rail is placed in the extreme upper notch at the left of the center rest, L and when the hole is bored this end is shifted to the next lower notch, W, of the plate 1 and so on through the series of notches until all the holes are bored; but when the last notch of the series, as at is reached, it is necessary to support the rail onto a eleat, Z on the rightof said central rest, L to support it. It will be observed that although the angular position of the rails is in this way shifted from 'time to time, still all the boring takes place immediately above the central rest, L The holes which have in this way been made in the rails K are bored with angles which incline in radial lines toward opposite ends of the rail.

The short rails K, which are intended to form arms for the seat of the carriage, are bored in a manner similar to the boring ot' the longer or forward rails, K, with the exception that only one end of these rails K is bored with a hole passing entirely through the rail, the remainder of the holes for the spindles in said rails K being bored partly through, on the rest and devices shown in Fig. 4, by alike process to that heretofore described for boring the long rails K, the notches K on the right of said rest being designed for the short rails K, and the notches on the left thereof for the long rails. It will be observed that by reason of the shortness of these arm-rails K the holes bored therein radiate or incline toward one end of the rail only. The spaces between the holes in the rails and the holes that have been bored in the floor are proportioned, in order that the converging of the spindles from the rails to the holes in the fioor may be provided for. The holes in the floor and the rails having been bored, a similar vertical rest, N, with similarly-notched plate 0 affixed to it, is provided, and in addition a rest, P ,with the headboard R of the carriage placed in the recesses m of this last-named rest. This rest P, which receives the head-board is provided with a keypiece, S, with projecting end 0, which project ing end is received into one of the notches p of the plate 0, which gives to the rest P, holding the head-board, and the headboard therein,a proper degree of inclination for the first hole. This key-piece, besides resting in the notches 19, also rests on a center, T, which center is formed by inclined sides 0' and 8. After the first hole is bored, the projectin g end 0 of the key-piece S is shifted into the next succeeding notch 19, and so on from notch to notch as each hole is bored. The degree of inclination given to the head-board in this way by the successive notches determines the proper angle or inclination of the holes that are formed in the head-board, the holes on one side up to a central point, t, inclining in one direction, and the holes on the other side of this central point inclining in the opposite direction. The rest I, during this boring process, is held and steadied by the hand of the operator.

In this way the holes are bored in both the head-board R and dasherU of the body at angles that diverge in the manner before described when referring to the floor and rails.

The holes in the head-board, besides being bored, as above described, at angles radiating toward their ends, are bored at an angle which will secure the head-board by its spindles in a direction inclining back from the floor of the body, and not only inclining back from the floor of the body, but bring the head-board in such a position that its inclination will not be parallel with the inclination of the spindles, as shown in Fig. 8. This is accomplished by beveling the face of the rest or holder P.

The plates D, 1 and O, as before stated, are made with a series of notches, E, E, K K and p. The purpose of these series of notches is, as before mentioned when describing the process of boring the floor, not only to steady and assist in maintaining the proper angle of the part that is being bored, but they also regulate the space between each of the holes. The part that is being bored for that purpose is inserted in the different notches successively as each hole is bored, the notches varying in number and nearness to each other for each piece as it is bored.

After the holes are bored in the floor Gr, rails K, head-board, and dasher in the manner before stated, it becomes necessary to drive the spindles into the respective parts of the body. To do this a former-block,V, having the shape ofa truncated pyramid, (which is substantially the shape that the bodyis to have,) is provided. Thisblock has fixed to its sides and ends cleats u, with buttons '0 secured to them. Onto the top of this block is laid the floor G, with its edges projecting around the top of the block, and onto the cleats aare placed the rails K and the head-board R and dasher U, these several parts being held to the cleats by the buttons a. In this position the spindles WV, to form the sides of the body, are driven through the holes before described inthefloor G, and, following the inclined sides of the block V, they are guided into the corresponding holes in the rails K and K and back and dasher R and U until all the spindles are in place, in this way uniting the several parts of the body together. The body is then removed from the former in a substantially completed condition, as shown in Fig.8, when is formed a graceful, light, and airy body for childrens carriages in a rapid and comparatively inexpensive manner.

This invention is more particularly designed for the construction of the bodies of toy carriages; but it is applicable also to childrens carriages.

Having thus described my invention, what Ielaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a device for manufacturing spindlebodies for toy carriages, &c., a vertical back, B, plates D, with notches E E formed therein, arranged on opposite sides of a central rest, F, and a base, 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a device for manufacturing spindlehodies for toy carriages, &c., a vertical rest, H, with a plate, I, constructed with doubleinclined edge and with notches J J, in combination with a removable guard, 7L2, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a device for manufacturing spindlebodies for toy carriages, 850., a vertical rest, H with a plate, 1 secured thereon, provided with notches K and K in combination with cleats 1 substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a device for manufacturing spindlebodies for toy carriages, &c., avertical rest, N, with a notched plate, 0, and center T secured thereto, and a removable rest or holder, P, provided with a key-piece, S, with projecting end 0, substantially as and for the purpose described.

FREDERICK \V. PORTER.

Witnesses:

SAML. W. PORTER, MERRILL L. LAWRENCE. 

